Severe Weather Statement
Issued by NWS Lake Charles, LA
Issued by NWS Lake Charles, LA
774 WWUS54 KLCH 300216 SVSLCH Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service Lake Charles LA 916 PM CDT Wed May 29 2024 TXC199-241-351-361-300230- /O.CON.KLCH.SV.W.0192.000000T0000Z-240530T0230Z/ Newton TX-Hardin TX-Orange TX-Jasper TX- 916 PM CDT Wed May 29 2024 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM CDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN NEWTON...SOUTHEASTERN HARDIN...NORTHWESTERN ORANGE AND SOUTHEASTERN JASPER COUNTIES... At 916 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Weiss Bluff, or near Evadale, moving southeast at 20 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... Lumberton, Vidor, Buna, Evadale, Pine Forest, Lakeview, Weiss Bluff, Wrights Settlement, and Gist. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. && LAT...LON 3046 9401 3045 9379 3019 9390 3013 9408 3014 9411 3015 9410 3015 9411 3017 9412 3017 9417 3019 9418 3018 9419 3019 9419 3018 9422 3022 9426 TIME...MOT...LOC 0216Z 319DEG 17KT 3027 9405 HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH $$ 78